V-belt drive pulley



May 15, 1951 w. cARMlcHAEL 2,553,439

V-BELT DRIVE PULLEY Filed May 25, 1949 Irre-.2.

INVENTOR, WILLIAM CARMICHAEL) Patented May 15, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE V-BELT DRIVE PULLEY William lCarmichael, Knightsville, Ind.

Application May 25, 1949, Seria! No. 95,295

3 Claims'. 1

This invention relates to a V-belt drive and particularly to the pulleys involved therein. While the invention affords many advantages in a straight drive between parallel shafts, it becomes of increasing importance in drives requiring turns in the belt such for example as in driving from a vertical shaft to a horizontal shaft or the reverse.

There are two primary advantages in employing the invention, namely the fact that the wear on the belt in making turns such as in a onequarter turn, is reduced to practically nothing, and also inthe fact that there is no need for an exact alignment as between the driving and driven pulleys. That is, there may be misalignment to some little extent without any diculty being encountered in keeping the belt on the pulleys, or in setting up wear on the belt itself.

The pulleys embodying the invention can be made in varying diameters dependingupon the ratio of the drive desired, and the angularity of the side walls of the V around the pulley may be varied in accordance with the standards set up for the particular belts.

These and many other objects and advantages of the invention including the extreme simplicity of construction, will become apparent to those versed in art in the following description of one particular form of the invention as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a View in front elevation of a pulley embodying the invention;

Fig. 2, a View in side elevation;

Fig. 3, a View in diametrical section throug the pulley on the line 3-3 in Fig. l;

Fig. 4, a View in top plan of a driving system wherein the drive is from a horizontally disposed shaft to a vertically disposed shaft; and

Fig. 5, a view in side elevation of the structure illustrated in Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawing in which like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views, a pulley generally designated by the numeral I9 is formed to have a V groove I I circumferentially therearound. One side wall I2 of the groove il is carried outwardly to terminate in a cylindrical ange I3. The other side wall I4 of the groove il is carried in a continuous frusto-conical manner to terminate by its outer portion in a cylindrical ilange be secured in any suitable manner, herein shown as by means of screw-threads I8 carried through the hub I6 to open into the bore I1, wherein a set screw, Fig. 4, indicated by the numeral I9 may be entered and forced against the shaft 20, for example.

In the form shownin Fig. 3, there are two sets of threads I8, diametrically opposed to each other.

Referring to the one specific form of drive indicated in Figs. 4 and 5, a driving pulley I!! is mounted on the shaft 20 as just indicated. For the sake of illustration, this shaft 20 is disposed horizontally. Then in spaced relation from the shaft 29 there is provided a vertically disposed shaft 2l on which a pulley lllav is fixed.

A V-belt 22 is mounted to lit in the grooves of the two pulleys with the quarter turn required. It will be assumed that the horizontal shaft 29 is turning in a counter-clockwise direction. This means that the belt 22 is leaving the pulley Ill from the top side and returning to it from the underside'. In this case, the large diameter flange I5 is mounted in the manner indicated in Figs. 4 and 5, wherein the top ilight of the belt 22 will be on the forward side of that wall I4 which terminates in the ilange I5. `-I't is to be noted, Fig. 5, in relation to the pulley I0, that the belt 22 extends in the nor-mal manner radially beyond the ange I3. However, the wall I4 extends for a considerable distance above and away from the outer side of the belt 22.

It is `further to be noted, that the underside ilight 22a as it approaches the pulley I will bear against the side wall surfaces I4 intermediate the outer portion thereof at the cylindrical surface I5 and the bottom of the groove II. That is, this under flight 22a. does not rub or ride over any marginal flange of either side wall I2 or I4 of the pulley Iil, but instead strikes the surface of the wall I4 so that there is an area of contact rather than a line of contact, which fact means that there is no sharp edge cutting into the belt.

In the same manner, the upper flight 22h of the belt 22 as it approaches the pulley Illa, comes in from the side so that it will strike the wall I4 intermediate the outer cylindrical flange I5 and the bottom of the groove I I so that the belt will be straightened up to enter the groove I I by sliding on this surface I4 instead of cutting over on an edge of either one of those walls I2 or I4. Thus it is to be seen that as the belt portions approach the two pulleys, they come into contact with those surfaces of the walls I4 in each instance and are not brought over the sharp edge of the wall I2 in either case The pulley III may be adjusted along the shaft 20 within fractions of an inch and likewise the pulley I0 may be adjusted along its shaft 2| within fractions of an inch so that the alignment to cause the belt flights 22a and 22h to strike those surfaces of the side wall I4 in each instance is had without making any micrometer adjustments. Furthermore by reason of the use of the high side I4 conjunction with the low side I2, in each of the driving and driven pulleys, it is practically impossible to cause the belt 22 to jump oi of those pulleys and therefore the belt 22 does not need to be drawn up so tight that it would produce undue wear as frequently is the-'case in making these drives where the belt is turned.`

VWhile I have herein shown and described my invention in the one particular form, it is obvious that changes may be made without departing from the spirit ofthe invention, and Iv therefore do not desire to be limited by that precise form beyond the limitations` which may be imposed by the following claims. v

Iclaim:

1. A V-belt. driving system comprising. al driving shaft; a driven shaft; a pulley on the driving shaft having a- V-groove therearound dened between oppositely outwardly flaring frusto-conical belt bearing side wall surfaces, one of said surfaces having a greater major base diameter than that of the other; a like pulley on said driven shaft; and a V-beltengaging around both of said pulleys tting within said grooves thereof and bearing by its side walls against the respective pulley groove surfaces; the outer side of the belt being at a greater radial distance from the pulley axis of rotation than that of the minor outer diameter Wall surface, and being at a lesser radial distance than that of said major diameter wall surface.

2. A V-belt driving system comprising a driving shaft; a driven shaft; a pulley on the drivingshaft having a V-groove therearound defined between oppositely outwardly flaring frusto-conv4 ical: belt bearing side wall surfaces, one of said surfaceshaving a greater maior base diameter than that of the other; a like pulley on said driven shaft; and a V-belt engaging around both of said pulleys tting within said grooves thereof and bearing by its side walls against the respective pulley groove surfaces; the outer side of the belt being at a greater radial distance from the pulley axis of rotation than that of the minor outer diameter Wall surface, and being at a lesser radial distance than that of said major diameter Wall surface; said driven shaft' being disposed at an angular position from the driving shaft requiring a turn in said belt; and said pulleys beingy mounted on their respective shafts to have the flight of the belt moving toward the pulley in each instance enter that pulley groove by side Wall contact with the surface of said major diameter surface prior to the opposite belt side contacting the other wall surface.

3. A V-belt driving system comprising a driving pulley; a driven pulley; each of said pulleys havingk av V-groove around its periphery; a V-belt Wrapped around said pulleys to ride in said V- grooves; said grooves being dened by pulley flanges diverging outwardly, laterally one. from the other to define. opposing frusto-conical belt contact surfaces; kone of said flanges being a greater flange on each pulley to extend outwardly to terminate in a circumference of greater diameter than that of the opposing. lesser flange; said pulleys being disposed in relation to each other in respect to their greater and. lesser flanges to have the belt in eachv instance leave one pulley and approach the other pulley to bear initially laterally against said. greater flange prior to bearing against the lesser ange.

WILLIAM CARIWICHAEL;

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of recordin. the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,124,422 Klein et al July 19, 1938 2,180,065 OBrien Nov. 14, 1939 2,347,798 Reiling May 21944 

